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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2011-12

Southwest Region

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A total of 383 FeederWatchers reported data from this region.

Rank Within Region Common Name Scientific Name Percentage of Sites Visited Average Group Size (when seen) FeederWatch Abundance Index
1 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 92.69 8.09 6.00
2 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 80.94 5.24 3.27
3 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 72.85 1.58 0.55
4 American Robin Turdus migratorius 67.62 2.38 0.54
5 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 67.10 9.40 2.48
6 Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto 59.01 3.13 0.86
7 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 55.35 5.10 0.91
8 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 48.83 5.33 0.65
9 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 48.04 4.00 0.52
10 Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus 47.52 2.03 0.47
11 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 44.39 1.27 0.24
12 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 43.60 6.22 0.55
13 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys 43.60 5.61 0.73
14 Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus 41.25 1.67 0.26
15 Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria 40.99 4.40 0.47
16 Aphelocoma sp. Aphelocoma sp. 39.95 2.26 0.42
17 Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli 36.29 1.99 0.31
18 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 34.20 4.35 0.31
19 Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia 34.20 2.33 0.29
20 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 33.68 1.01 0.06
21 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 31.59 1.49 0.20
22 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 30.55 11.82 0.48
23 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 30.03 1.38 0.14
24 Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii 30.03 1.02 0.06
25 Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus 24.80 6.95 0.27